FORD MOTOR CO. v. HUFFMAN ET AL. (1953)

FORD MOTOR CO. v. HUFFMAN ET AL.
	Term: 1952
Important Dates
	Argued: December 18, 1952
	Decided: April 6, 1953
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Sherman Minton • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson

FORD MOTOR CO. v. HUFFMAN ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 6, 1953. The case was argued before the court on December 18, 1952.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Kentucky Kentucky Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: veteran
Petitioner: employer. If employer's relations with employees are governed by the nature of the employer's business (e.g., railroad, boat), rather than labor law generally, the more specific designation is used in place of Employer.
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 345 U.S. 330
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harold Burton

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.